SUPER COOL CREATIVITY IN the FUTURE for DUBAI, MOSCOW AND LONDON (these haven't been built yet....but they are planning on building them):
Tall Tower 2013: this one is planned to be built in China and it will be bigger than the famous Dubai tall tower!
Tallest Tower Competition:
The challenge is for your team to build the tallest free standing tower using limited resources: only 20 sheets of paper!!!!! (that's it - no adhesives, no fasteners, etc...just 20 pieces of paper) duirng our science block. The tower must be able to stand for at least 10 seconds
First...Some Guiding questions before we go recycle bin diving:)
1) How can you get a sheet of paper to stand up?
2) What are some ways that you can join the paper together?
3) How can you keep your tower from tipping over?
Team skills you will need:
Patience during construction
Foresight
Creativity
Planning
Time management
Management of working groups
Design
Sharing and Planning for Future Challenges:
1) What did the tallest towers built have in common?
2) What were some of the challenges in building your tower?
3) What feature of your tower are you the most happy with?
4) What will you be sure to remember about constructing structures for future labs, assignments and competitions?
A list of the World's tallest towers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_towers_in_the_worldTop 10 Tallest Towers in the world:
More on Burj Dubai: (Really big things)
SUPER COOL CREATIVITY IN the FUTURE for DUBAI, MOSCOW AND LONDON (these haven't been built yet....but they are planning on building them):
Tall Tower 2013: this one is planned to be built in China and it will be bigger than the famous Dubai tall tower!
Tallest Tower Competition:
The challenge is for your team to build the tallest free standing tower using limited resources: only 20 sheets of paper!!!!! (that's it - no adhesives, no fasteners, etc...just 20 pieces of paper) duirng our science block. The tower must be able to stand for at least 10 seconds
First...Some Guiding questions before we go recycle bin diving:)
1) How can you get a sheet of paper to stand up?2) What are some ways that you can join the paper together?
3) How can you keep your tower from tipping over?
Team skills you will need:
Sharing and Planning for Future Challenges:
1) What did the tallest towers built have in common?
2) What were some of the challenges in building your tower?
3) What feature of your tower are you the most happy with?
4) What will you be sure to remember about constructing structures for future labs, assignments and competitions?